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In his book, Mere Christianity, CS Lewis wrote, “I am sure that God keeps no one waiting unless He sees that it is good for him to wait,”. He goes on to say, “but you must regard it as waiting, not as camping. You must keep on praying for light.”

As I reflected on yesterday’s podcast, where I spoke about this challenging season of despair and anger that I find myself in, a series of concentric circles that holds a mirror up to the tribulations facing the world, the local community and my own little bubble, the word ‘impatience’ kept weighing on my heart. It spoke to this desire for everything from wanting my Dad’s health to improve all the way up to waiting on the Rapture and God’s Will being done on earth as it is in Heaven.

But as CS Lewis notes, if God is keeping me, you, us waiting, then it’s clear that He sees it good for us to wait. But it’s an active wait, that in addition to praying for light, should probably also involve praying for godly productivity; a posture of being salt and light, which could mean using our impatience, our despair, even our anger for fuel that furthers the Kingdom of God with the time we have left here on earth.

We’ll take a look at what that looks like from a practical point of view in a future podcast. Today, as always, we’ll take a look at some of the most recent headlines and reflect on waiting on God.

That’s all coming up on today’s Withstand Daily Podcast.

RESOURCES:

Jack Hibbs "What does waiting on God mean?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amGHmkSv3FM

Donnie Discerned on X: @DonnieDarkened

CS Lewis, Mere Christianity

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God bless you in your pursuit of patience, I'm right there with you my friends!

G'day and God bless, friends.

I’m not sure where you’re at on your faith journey right now. You may be a curious agnostic or a staunch atheist. You might believe in something or someone, but you haven’t quite worked out what that something is, or who that someone might be. You might be taking baby steps forward and giant steps back. You may even be someone who has a strong faith, but circumstances have shaken that faith to its core.

I’m here to tell you that you’re not alone and I too have felt variations of all of the above over the journey. While I believe that God is real and I believe that God so loved the world that He gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life, I also believe that the wrestle is real; it’s an arm wrestle that at times can be felt in the depths of our soul

I’m in the middle of a season that’s lasted over two years and while I’ve been taking each day as it comes and each new shock to the system as it comes, this past week has really worn me down. I’ve been really, really angry, I’ve felt very little hope and to be quite honest, God’s never felt as far away as He does right now. I’ll tell you a little more about this season and share some resources that I’ll be using to help soften my heart, re-establish my hope and draw me closer to God; and I pray that they might help you too, should you be feeling overwhelmed or angry or wonder where God is in all of this!

Today, as always, we’ll take a look at some of the most recent headlines and reflect on how to pray when you’re angry or distressed. That’s all coming up on today’s Withstand Daily Podcast.

RESOURCES:

https://letterstowomenpodcast.com/blog/mad-god-prayer

God's Promised for your life: 365 Devotions by Dr Charles F Stanley

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G’day and God bless, fellow Withstanders and welcome back to our Withstand Weekly Podcast for Friday 23rd of August 2024.

Our podcast exists to share resources, tips, musings and most importantly, scripture with fellow Christians and curious Agnostics who crave direction through these days of deception. We might be a little amateur hour in our output, but our subject matter happens to be best-in-class in all things, so we take great comfort in that.

Coming up on this week’s show, we’ll take a closer look at how pagan practices seem to have ramped up over the past few years - with some examples that may surprise you; we'll confess our "can’t stand its" of the week and finish in prayer that we pray will set you up to withstand spiritual warfare as we walk into the weekend.

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G'day and God bless fellow Withstanders,

While the secular world focuses on their own version of joy and many are placing their trust in governments, brands and individuals (and we all know where that’s all heading...), I’ve noticed a significant increase in the number of godly, awake and courageous Pastors and Christian leaders who are imploring all of us who strive to be godly, are definitely awake and trying to be more courageous to immerse ourselves in God’s word in these last days. We’re called to test all things – including their sermons and musings – against scripture. We’re strongly encouraged to spend less time focussed on transforming our wardrobes, our homes; even our faces and spend more time being transformed by God’s living Word. It’s a call-to-arms to dwell more and more in the Word, rather than cling to the things of this world.

I am guilty as charged here!! I’m a female living in this world who desperately wants to care less and less about the clothes I wear, the make-up I put on my face, even the colour palette for my home. It takes up way too much real estate, but I tell myself that it’s a nice break from the intensity of current events; both in my family and across the world. But I struggle most days with this and if you’re doing the same, I can completely relate. I pray that the reflection at this end of this podcast will help both of us 😊

Today, as always, we’ll take a look at some of the most recent headlines, pay tribute to sports journalist Sam Landsberger, reflect on the transformative power of God’s Word and I’ll tell you about the celebrity post that triggered the theme for today’s podcast. That’s all coming up on today’s Withstand Daily Podcast.

RESOURCES:

On X:

Tim Allen - @ofctimallen

Donnie Discerned - @donniedarkened

Specator Index - @spectatorindex

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G'day and God bless, fellow Withstanders,

Every day, I’m fortunate enough to start my day with a morning walk. And every day without fail, I listen to a sermon from Dr Charles Stanley – whichever sermon InTouch Ministries has served that day. I typically complement this with one or more podcasts from Jack Hibbs, or the Watchman River or Olive Tree Ministries or even the guys from TriggerNometry among many others. I curate my listening time to learn from erudite, articulate podcasters who more often than not, are also fellow Christians.

During this morning’s walk, I was reminded by both the Steve Deace Show and the Now The End Begins podcast that the narrative for the Democratic Party’s campaigning has switched to a focus on "Joy". It seems that the party is working overtime on messaging that presents Kamala Harris as bringing back their version of joy in direct opposition with Donald Trump’s so-called dark and dour approach to his campaigning thus far.

Now, why should I and fellow Christians who live in the Western World and more specifically, Australia, care about what’s happening in the United States? Well, despite us living on two separate continents, you’d hope and pray that we as true Christians would be on the same page with respect to what true joy really is. And it ain’t what this happy, clappy, clan is offering. And if this cackling joyluck club gets in, in November, it’ll be yet another reason to be believe that we’re living in Babylon. But you already knew that, eh?

Today, on our pocket-sized podcast, we’ll take a look at some of today’s headlines and reflect on the only joy that we need, and that’s God’s joy.

RESOURCES:

Charles Stanley: www.intouch.org

The Steve Deace Show, Now The End Begins, Olive Tree Ministries, TriggerNometry, Jack Hibbs all listened to via Apple Podcasts (occasionally on Spotify)

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G'day and God bless, fellow Withstanders,

On my walk this morning, I listened to Pastor JD Farag’s (Calvary Kaneohe, Hawaii) latest prophecy update and he encouraged his congregation and listeners by reminding us that Bible Prophecy is a gift that is not given to us to scare, but rather, prepare us for what will soon take place.

As I scan the headlines across (mostly) mainstream media today, it’s clear – and has been for a few years now - that their pr*pag*nda is designed to keep us perpetually standing on tectonic plates that keep us consistently on edge; worried about when they’ll shift again, for how long and at what cost. But of course, they punctuate this constant state of uneasiness with occasional moments of calm and feel good moments, which can disarm us and create a false sense of security. In other words, their agenda is to give and take from us at will, while God’s Bible Prophecy, God’s will is a gift that gives us hope and takes away the fear of the unknown; providing we’re right with the Lord.

We’ll take a look at some of today’s headlines and reflect on some of the ways that we can prepare for the events that seem to be approaching at breakneck speed. As always, I’ll lean on those who are far more erudite in this area than I! That’s all coming up on today’s Withstand Daily Podcast.

RESOURCES:

Pastor JD Farag: Instagram @jdfarag and via Apple Podcasts

Dr David Jeremiah: https://www.davidjeremiah.org/

Donnie Darkened / Donnie Discerned: Via X @DonnieDarkened

Breitbart News: www.breitbart.com

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G'day and God bless, fellow Withstanders,

Well, another weekend, another fresh serving of narrative designed to buffet us from one so-called crisis to another and in turn, lurch us from one powerful emotion to another.

While we were still catching our breath over stock market drops, we learnt that a new pl*nd*mic is looming in parallel with UFO sightings and earthquakes in diverse places. Holding on tight to God’s Word in this fallen, shaken (and stirred) world has never been more necessary.

Today, we’ll take a look at some of the most recent headlines and given the daily wrestle with despair we’re no doubt experiencing, we’ll reflect on the role of lamentation in these times. That’s all coming up on today’s Withstand Daily Podcast.

RESOURCES:

The Gospel Coalition "Learning to lament": https://au.thegospelcoalition.org/article/learning-to-lament-a-guide-to-praying-in-our-hardest-moments/

Donnie Darkened on X: @donniedarkened

The Final Hours 777 on Instagram: @thefinalhours777

Raws Alerts on X: @rawsalerts

End Times Headlines on Instagram (and also on Apple Podcasts): @endtimeheadline

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G’day and God bless, fellow Withstanders and welcome back to our Withstand Weekly Podcast for Friday 16th of August 2024.

Our podcast exists to share resources, tips, musings and most importantly, scripture with fellow Christians and curious Agnostics who crave direction through these days of deception. We might be a little amateur hour in our output, but our subject matter happens to be best-in-class in all things, so we take great comfort in that.

Dad and I are not pastors or teachers, nor theologians or scholars, but we are two simple and sinful born again Christians who have found great solace and guidance through consistently reading our Bibles, spending more time with our Heavenly Father and following erudite Christians and godly Ministries over the last few years.

Coming up on this week’s show, we’ll take a closer look at idolatry, confess our can’t stand it’s of the week and finish in prayer that we pray will set you up to withstand spiritual warfare as we walk into the weekend.

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G'day fellow Withstanders,

I don’t know about you but since a certain pandemic took place four years ago, whenever I hear the authorities say that they’re doing this or that for our protection, I get a little suspicious…I look a little like the side-eye emoji I’ve used with sheer abandon in recent years.

Especially when I believe there are people and situations that desperately need actual protection from harm. We’ll take a look at some of the most recent headlines from around the globe and do a slightly deeper dive into a couple of ways Australia and America are, in my view, creating problems that don’t need solutions, thereby misusing the true definition of ‘protection’.

We’ll also reflect on the only protection that truly matters for us believers, and that’s God’s protection. That’s all coming up on today’s Withstand Daily Podcast.

RESOURCES:

Alvin Lui from Courage Is A Habit: https://courageisahabit.org/

The Steve Deace Show on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/steve-deace-show/id481087877

Charles Stanley, InTouch Ministries: www.intouch.org

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God bless you all :)

G'day fellow Withstanders,

Increasing deception, increasing visibility of pagan worship in our culture, earthquakes in diverse places, wars and rumours of wars...Are we living in the days of Babylon? What would living in the days of Babylon look like today? Vision.org.au notes that the biblical city of Babylon was a symbol of evil, corruption and tyranny. The pagan culture rejected God, worshipped false gods, and was influenced by false prophets. Sound familiar? We’ll take a look at some recent headlines that support the contention that we are living in a Babylon-esque time as we keep our eyes on Israel and the imminent threat of war on today’s Withstand Daily Podcast.

RESOURCES:

www.vision.org.au

Martyn Iles - X @MartynLloydIles / Instagram @martyn.iles

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